Pasticceria Rocco

Woah! This place is fantastic! The pastries are are good and full of flavor! If you haven’t tried it, try it right now! :)

Sadly, because of the service, I can only give this bakery three stars. Don’t get me wrong — the pastries are excellent, but the disgruntled employee I interacted with just put a damper on the whole thing. I’ve been here a few times in the past, but most recently, I stopped by to purchase a couple of their «large specialty» cookies. I randomly remembered eating them years ago, and wanted to evoke the same nostalgia. At $ 4 each, I had high expectations.
I knew I was in the mood for chocolate chips, but Pasticceria Rocco offers an assortment containing them, including both «hard» and «soft» chocolate chip cookies. The bakery’s signage in the storefront window (where they showcase their large cookies) did not label all of the available varieties, so in order to ensure I picked the correct one, I went inside and asked an employee behind the counter if he could differentiate among a few of the options. The expression on his face immediately soured and he just pointed to the trays in the display case, curtly uttering one-​word responses.
I decided to go with the soft, but the guy went to grab the wrong cookie. I politely mentioned this to him, and he groaned as he shifted his hand to the other tray. I handed him the money and, without so much as a smile or a thank you, he pushed the brown paper bag towards me.
I began eating as I walked away from the store, and was impressed by the buttery, smooth texture and the way in which it blended with the chocolate chips. I also bought a black & white cookie, and was delighted to taste the lemon zest within the spongy shortbread base.
Like I said, the cookies are excellent. I have no complaints whatsoever in that department. However, the rudeness of that particular employee at Pasticceria Rocco ruined my indulgence. I will happily update this review if future visits are met with friendlier customer service.

Stopped in here for a sugar fix with a friend. They had amazing assortment of cakes, tarts, and other Italian sweets to choose from. I went traditional with some Cannoli’s and a double, while my friend inhaled her Cream-​Puff concoction and Cachino. Coffee was also very good.
Clean place with a proper bathroom. Authentic Italian sweets, nice staff, and open late.
Tried some cookies, not a big fan. Rainbows were good.
Overall, a very nice Café.

In the mood for cookies (obviously), Bestie and I each got a selection to munch on at Pasticceria Rocco. I love a simple Italian cookie, but I’ve had more disappointing ones in NYC (especially from Little Italy), than good ones! Overall, I have to say that Rocco has a great selection of goodies and their cookies are on point. I will definitely be back to grab my favorites and to try their other sweet treats!
–chocolate almond drop (EPIC)
–chocolate raspberry finger (EPIC)
–white chocolate drop (pretty good)
–pistachio biscotti (pretty good, texture is great but flavor is meh. i’d try other flavors next time)
–raspberry jam butter cookie sandwich (pretty good, but the two cookies separated in the bag)
–diavolini (meh)
–pistachio meringue (not good. even though it’s loaded with pistachios, it tastes like pure sugar)
–rainbow sprinkle crescent (not good)

We stopped here for cannoli and thought they were good but man, they are sweet! Tons of choices of all kinds of Italian desserts.

If you like something sweet after a salty meal-​date-​deal-​day check this place out. Quaint Italian bakery in West Village with gourmet cannoli, Assortment of fancy cookies and a smooth drink of Café Americano.
The staff has a nice blend of Albanians working there. The sections are split from carry out to sit in. The back of the place has a strange indoor setting with a glass roof. Not sure what to make of it.
A nice historical place.

I felt like you can walk in at any time and get what you need. The Cannolis were amazing and the wait was a bit long. This place is in a great location. I think we downed 3 of them each! A sugar overload… We also had a Sfoglitelle (sooo good it is worth not saying it correctly). Had a great time enjoying the goodies with everyone in there. I think sweets make everyone more friendly!

Rocco’s is the place to be for fresh pastries in the West Village and well worth the trip. We came here with the family since my brother-​in-​law lives in Greenwich Village and it came highly recommended to enjoy a treat and catch up on latest. You can tell the area has some history to it and with it raining outside it felt warm and cozy.
The staff is very friendly and accommodating. The waitress behind the pick-​up counter was extra friendly and accommodating with good recommendations.
We ordered the pistachio cannolis, pignoli cookies, biscotti and an awesome coconut cappuccino. Everything we ordered was delicious and fresh. We especially enjoyed the pistachio cannolis.
I would recommend this place If your in the area which has plenty of good spots to eat at. If your looking for a delectable dessert spot with plenty of choices to choose from, then you just hit the jackpot!

My FAVORITE place for a GREAT CANOLI. And great hazelnut biscotti. EXCELLENT BAKED GOODS — Every CANOLI is filled only when you order it! As it should be. You have a choice of chopped pistachio nuts or chocolate chips to be sprinkled on the outside CANOLI cream.
A wonderful gem of a pastry shop – great coffees– cuppachino, espresso, latte, perfect to sit and relax with some of the BEST PASTRY YOU’LL EVER HAVE. I love Rocco’s!!! See my photos.
I can hardly wait to go back. Worth a trip from anywhere! Luckily, I’m just a subway ride away, but worth my travel time. YES, I TAKE A SUBWAY RIDE TO BE ABLE TO ENJOY ROCCO’S PASTRY.
If you are visiting NYC, definitely, make it over to Rocco’s on Bleecker Street, just West of 6^th Avenue. You can take the F train to West 4^th Street stop & just walk a few blocks to Rocco’s. You will be so happy you visited!
From the West 4^th Street stop, head south (downtown) on 6^th Ave, just a block or two, to BLEECKER STREET, –be on the West side of Sixth Ave – then a right on Bleecker & you’re steps away from the wonderful Rocco’s!
A world of beautiful & delicious pastries. Enjoy!

Stopped in late one evening right before they closed. We had just binged on a ton of food at dinner and were too full for dessert. However, after a bit of time to digest we were ready for dessert, so a visit to Pasticceria Rocco was in order. Not a bad call at all!
So much to choose from here! You can order at the counter or you can have a seat and have a waiter help you out. We decided on the latter and we might have made him work hard for us. Yes, we went a little overboard for just two people. We got the profiteroles, the plain cheesecake, *and* the French Lulu (pastry shell filled and coated with french cream. Topped with macaroon crunches and cocoa). And it was all so so good. Super filling and I wish we had had more space or time to have sampled more since it all looked fantastic. In particular the lobster tail, the cannoli, and the gelato spoke to me. Alas, we couldn’t do it all. For next time, I suppose!

If one of your life goals is to have the best cannoli the world offers, you would be wise to pay this place a visit. I am experienced in the art of eating cannoli. When opportunities to do so arise, I always take them, as a matter of principle. But now, much like with what happened to me with milkshakes after I discovered Chick-​Fil-​A, the bar has been set so much higher that I may save myself for the RIGHT opportunity. Which in this case is Pasticceria Rocco.
I got two mini cannolis– a regular/​plain with chocolate chips, and a black and white with pistachios. Both were excellent, but the black and white was really fabulous. It was the best cannoli I’ve ever had, and all these other cannoli notches on my bedpost mean nothing now.
I was eating them in Washington Square Park, and there was a bit of pastry cream/​chocolate chips/​pistachios left in the box when I was finished. Fortunately, I’d had the foresight to save the spoon from the plastic tableware set that came with my underwhelming gyro a couple of days earlier (see other reviews), and I got it out of my backpack so I could finish that shiz. Otherwise I would have disturbed people by licking the box clean, although given that this was Washington Square Park, let’s be real, I still wouldn’t have been the strangest person there.
Somewhere in the Bureau of Weights and Measures they have one of these cannolis in a little drawer, so all other cannolis can be calibrated to it. Don’t miss it.

I love Italian pastries and have been here for a few times. Chocolate meringue is probably one of the best in New York; it was totally crispy with heavy chocolate & almond. My gf who is not a sweet tooth found it was a bit too sweet (but I love it)!
I also tried their biscotti twice; unfortunately they were disappointing; especially cranberry biscotti. It was very soft and tasteless.
Although not all the pastries were satisfying, I still recommend this place. I plan to come back to try their cakes and mini tarts!

Awesome bakery/​café in Greenwich!
Came here with the bf after dinner for dessert and caffeine-​fix. He got the turtle cheesecake ($ 7), which was delicious! Cheesecake was creamy and tasted amazing, just how cheesecake should be.
I got a tart-​like version of lemon-​ricotta cheesecake ($ 3.50). It was just okay, I wasn’t too fond of it honestly.
We also both got lattes ($ 3.50) which were served in a little goblet — cute, but I would’ve liked a proper normal serving of it. I got vanilla flavor but barely tasted the vanilla.
All in all, it’s a good spot to check out! Fairly large space inside — just be aware that you’ll have to get serviced if you want to dine in!

Classic italian bakery.
I tried the regular cannoli (mini) and the black and white cannoli (regular sized). I really liked that they offered mini versions of several of their pastries!
Black and white cannoli: heavy, but good! The filling was super rich but I’m a sweets person. The chocolate layer was so heavy that it definitely overpowered the shell, but the chocolate was good so it was alright. I would have liked to taste the shell more though. That being said, I definitely enjoyed it. There was a big amount of filling too.
Mini regular:
The shell tasted stale. It was a bit too crunchy. Not sure if I would get the regular cannoli just because I couldn’t take the dissapointment if it tasted stale again. The black and white was a safe bet since you couldnt really taste the shell.
Overall a good cannoli! I would go back.

While I disagree with some of what my peers say about Rocco’s, I can finally say exactly why after having stepped foot in through those same doors and ordered from the same menu. Here’s why they’ve earned a 4.2÷5.0 from us.
I’ve enjoyed their pastries in the Bay Ridge store often, so I can tell you without a doubt that they carry the same variety here. That’s also why I can tell you which desserts to pick from to have an excellent time. This is the original location, where Rocco, Sr. first began slinging cannolis, dating back 42 years (1974). His son has picked up the mantle and Sr. can be seen in the kitchen continuing to work his magic.
We came in as a group and picked a Tiramisu to share and it was just how I’ve always imagined it. Light & airy with each and every bite. Lattes are pretty standard here and perhaps a step up from neighboring Starbucks. Same goes for Cappuccinos, which I also ordered. Mind you, if I wasn’t already full from another event previously, we would’ve easily ordered the black & white cannolis, turtle cheesecake, and red velvet cakes. They’re already yummy too!
Here’s the only reason why they fell short on my watch: it was service. It took way too long to put in our orders; even longer for us to track him down to get our check. Never mind that we were not checked on (to see if we needed anything else). Busy Saturday nights are hardly a reason for being inattentive or be overwhelmed by tickets.
That slight aside, they are a venerable choice for sweets and caffeinated drinks into the late hours, which makes them all the more popular in this increasingly upscale neighborhood. While there’s always certainly room for improvement, their pastries are, for the most part, a worthwhile place for weary shoppers and a late night venue for hanging out. 4.2÷5.0

Yummy Desserts, as good as Veniero’s!
After a long day of studying all day, my friend and I wanted to get a yummy dessert, and this seemed like a decent place to try. The picture icon on Unilocal already caught our eye! What a lovely key lime tart!
The place has a cute «dating» atmosphere, and I like the «semi-​outside» venue with park chairs and brick floor. It’s great for small parties.
You can order take-​out and choose to wait to dine-​in. They have so many desserts in the display case… my friend and I drooled over all the pretty things! We decided to dine-​in and got lucky to sit in the outside venue area.
I ordered a cream puff, an original canoli, and a cappuccino float. I was so impressed with the cream puff! I always hold good cream puffs in high esteem because I can’t get over Beard Papa’s light fluffy custard. But, Rocco’s cream puff was just as good! I’m so glad I found another great cream puff place! I wasn’t too impressed with the canoli… the custard in this one was way too sweet, and the bread part of the canoli was rock hard. What a disappointment, as this is their signature dessert! Lastly, the cappuccino float was amazing! I have been very addicted to affogatos lately, and I loved this new take on frozen coffee drinks! So refreshing!
This place is lovely, and near NYU. I can’t wait to come back and indulge more of their desserts next time!

So I had 4 things: a mini French Lulu, a Pistachio Meringue, a slice of Profiteroles Cake, and a slice of the Italian Cheesecake.
The French Lulu is delicious. Pretty much it’s a gobbet of whipped cream covered by chopped nuts. It was my first time, so I asked for the mini one. I should have gotten the regular size!
The Profiteroles cake is yummy, too. It’s soft, chocolatory, and light. I don’t think it’s heavy, but if you are not a sweets lover, you may consider sharing.
The meringue is okay. I usually don’t like meringues because they are too sweet. But this one has lots of pistachio in it, which sorta brings down the sweetness.
They advertise that their cheesecake is world famous, but I’m sorry I just dislike it. I don’t like it at all, in fact, I think it tastes awful. It has the flavor that I hate the most and I don’t know what it is. Maybe it comes from the tiny orange cubes in the cake. And the cake is very dry. I’m full after a few bites. Plus, I found eggshell fragments in the cake :(. I prefer the Italian cheesecake from Veniero’s in East Village. Their ricotta cheesecake (without fruits) is the best so far.

1÷30÷2016
A great place for dessert and coffee. Service was efficient although not very friendly but it served its purpose. Banana cream pie and pistachio cannoli were excellent. Overall a very good experience

I really love a great piece of cake!
Especially if it’s chocolate… And if it looks good.
We literally had just finished with dinner and dessert with some mutual friends of ours nearby. But because my dessert or my friend’s didn’t explode with flavor, they suggested a favorite Bakery spot of theirs.
My favorite Bakery is on the other side of town in The LES, but, we were opened to their idea and grabbed dessert here.
And, since we were having such a swell time with our friends, we dove right in. And so, heading in, my eyesight was flashed by fluorescent lighting-​trying-​to-​be-​softly dim. Yes, I’m a total creature of habit, and like to frequent places a zillion times, and yes, I’m also opened to experiencing new and interesting things. But for me, 98% of the time, I just want to get the visual. And if the visual is not jiving with me, you lost me.
Let’s continue…
Patisserie Rocco has literally wall to wall cakes and selections of cookies. Cakes were ginormous and took away the finesse of eating and most importantly, enjoying a tasty Italian cake. I truly didn’t find anything that appealed to me, but found pignoli cookies and just ordered 3 of them (they’re the size of a silver dollar).
We sat down and were given menus –and soon after, my party made their selections. My friend and her boyfriend shared a Red Velvet Cheesecake, Mr. Man had the Cannoli and I waited and waited and waited for my 3 pignoli cookies. Cookies were brought to the table about 10 minutes later. By the way, our server added a 4^th cookie for the wait.
In the end, my pignoli cookies were not added to the final bill, Mr. Man’s Cannoli shell tasted stale AND to top it all off, I did not get my chocolate fix from ANYWHERE that night. Boy… I was going to lose it so fast, but kept it together!
But it’s all good, because for that moment, spending a great time with our friends, was nice. I just have to satisfy my sweet tooth somehow, very soon.

Very friendly and bustling Italian café/​bakery in the West Village. They have a great array of everything you would imagine seeing in an Italian bakery and prices are very reasonable. I tried the mini eclairs and the mixed fruit tart. Both were solid.
Would recommend takeout because the place is very crowded and fairly loud. In addition to pastries they also have a standard selection of café drinks.
Overall great if you’re looking for Italian snacks but probably not too conducive to sitting down in for a long time. Takeout is the way to go!

Yo Rocco!
This bakery is like going back to your old Italian neighborhood bakery. There are familiar items in any Italian bakery I have a soft spot (Like cannoli) but sadly its primary a tourist destination, similar to Ferraras bakery. Pasticceria Rocco carries both Italian pastry as well as a big chocolate chip-​marshmallow cookies proudly displayed in the window. I stopped having pastries at Roccos years ago. It’s not a large space and to be honest, I can’t take the tourist crowds. They’ll take over Johns pizza, get in the way at Murray’s Cheese and have their big cookies at Roccos. Go back to Time Square suckas!
I stopped in this weekend for a bag of Roccos biscotti to bring back to my house in the burbs. It’s old school Italian cookies and pastry from Pasticceria Rocco that I crave, they make them very well.
You want some real old school? Have an espresso and a cookie in the back.
*If the tourists didn’t jam in the back and take up all the seating

If you want a cookie the size of your face than Pasticceria Rocco is the place to go to.
It looked a little too hauty tauty for us, but we decided to try it. Evidently this is a pretty famous place.
The cookies were good, but very thick. It would have gone better with milk or a cappuccino.
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Beautiful bakery. Everything looked fresh and the aromas were intoxicating. I went in only window shopping but never stopping to buy. However, there was this one little cookie that called to me in a nutty voice. The pistachio meringue was studded with so many large nuts that I don’t know how it managed to stay together in one mass. This 3 bite delicacy remains imprinted in my memory!

Found this jewel today and can say is slightly better than Venieros and Martha’s bakery (so far). Was super busy, but expected so on a Sunday. Rainbow cookies and raspberry tart were ohh lala. It looked like there were several tables to sit at in the back, but was too crowded to get a look. Definitely coming back here!

Pasticceria Rocco is a family-​owned and –operated bakery by the Rocco family since ’74. Besides breakfast items, this bakery also offers different types of pastries, cookies, cakes, holiday desserts, as well as GF items. The hubs and I stopped by here to grab some sweets — I tried their Italian Rainbow Cake, which consists of three layers of thin almond sponge cake filled with raspberry and apricot jam, all topped off with a layer of bittersweet chocolate filling; this was super moist, yummy, tangy from the raspberry and the apricots, and all a lovely complement with the thin outer shell of the dark chocolate — YUM! The freshly-​filled mini cannoli with the cream and topped with pistachios was pretty okay; a little raspberry thumbprint shortbread cookie was delicate and crumbly; and, the oatmeal lace cookie was crispy and delicious. Mike, who was helping us, was super friendly, super sweet, and made some great suggestions. A cute bakery with some delicious Italian desserts, be sure to stop on by!
+Italian Rainbow Cake: D
+oatmeal lace cookies
+ask for Mike: D

Came by here after dinner,
.garrsh…so many selections to choose from! Cakes, cookies, pies, tarts, breads and holiday selections and so much more!
We decided to dine in and ordered some tea with a slice of tiramusu. Tiramusu was delicious, creamy, custardy, light chocolatey, and a good sized slice enough for 2. Too many selections so we stuck with a classic.
Service was fine, quick & easy. Glad we stopped by and had some dessert.

This is an adorable bakery and café. Everything looks clean and shiny when you first open the door. There are just a couple stools over by the window on your right, so I don’t think it’s meant for you to get too comfortable with your snacks, as opposed to taking them on-​the-​go.
I ordered a chocolate croissant and an iced latte. While I waited for my drink, I admired the many macaron flavors and colors that lined one of the glass cases. There are assorted pastries (see pictures) that all looked so scrumptious, but I am trying to be less gluttonous because I’ve really been going overboard. The chocolate croissant was beautiful– flaky, buttery, perfect chocolate: crust ratio and I savored every bite! Delicious.
Then I learned that I receive a free financier (flavors of the day were green tea or almond) with my coffee purchase. Hooray! Who doesn’t love a free pastry? Even if it is only the size of my pinky finger. I opted for the green tea, and it was a moist little cake, but I would’ve liked a little more matcha flavor in there. It was like a HINT of green tea, which was still good, but has room for improvement.
I was in and out quickly, service was friendly and everything was tasty. I’ll definitely return to sample some of the other goods.

This is by far the best cheesecake I’ve ever had! Amazing desserts and great service in a nice atmosphere. Great coffee too. Totally recommend.

The service was great. The guy taking our order was really fun and funny too, he was great with my jokes and joked back. I ended up not eating something instead we shared the strawberry cake which was great.
lots of seating here and its kind of hidden, but once your down the street there is desserts, pastry spots, cookie spots.
the cookies here were 5 bucks, but HUGE. They were amazing. I can’t wait to try one when I had someone to share it with.

I really want to give this spot more than 3 stars, but I just can’t. Don’t get me wrong the service was great, but the cake looked yummier when they were on display. The look didn’t catch up to the taste and honestly I felt deceived. I got the cake called french lulu and also tried the peanut butter cheesecake. Lulu was disappointing, it was way too sweet and didn’t have anything to keep my interest. I ended up taking a few bites and had to stop. The peanut butter cheesecake was good, but nothing exceptional. The peanut butter on top literally tasted like skippy’s peanut butter straight from the jar. However, all is not lost. I did enjoy the latte and might I add that it came in a timely manner. I will most likely come back here for a caffeine fix, but try a different dessert. Hopefully next time it would taste as good as it looks.
I will update once I come back here for their other sweets and hopefully can raise the starts to more than 3. I like the ambiance, it is very casual and also convenient that they are open late to hopefully satisfy your sugar craving. I might just have ordered the wrong thing. I haven’t lost hope yet, I will be back for more!

Great little café/​bakery in the West Village opened till 12AM featuring a huge assortment of cakes and pastries to choose from. The service unfortunately suffers from a lack of staff waiting tables.
We had one waitress running around trying to take care of 6 tables. It took her awhile to get to us and when our pastries and drinks got to our table, it was difficult to flag her down again.
Now to the good parts, the choclolate lovers cake and French Lulu pastry was delicious. The cake was sweet and moist and the pastry flaky and the cream inside was light and fresh.
The hazelnut cappuccino and chia green tea was the perfect complement to these decadent desserts. A great place to grab something light, just wished it had more servers to take care of the customers.
P. S. One unisex bathroom for the whole place

I love sweets but Rocco just doesn’t do it for me. I’ve tried all sorts of pastries here but everything fell short of expectations. Most of the items I’ve tried have been so disappointing that I intentionally block them from my memory. But unfortunately one such memory keeps coming back to haunt me and that’s the taste of their lobster tail.
I’m accustomed to lobster tails with crunchy and flaky exteriors filled with a dense yet fluffy whipped vanilla cream. The one here doesn’t even come close: the pastry was soggy and the oily whipped cream tasted exactly like soap. It was so vile I couldn’t have more than a single bite.
I also see the key lime pie that some people have posted on the photo gallery and am really confused that they can even try to pass that off as a key lime pie. It just looks like a mass of congealed food starch in a tart pastry shell.
Beautiful looking baked goods, but sorely disappointing in taste.

Rocco Pastry Shop. Great Cannolis, to keep fresh and crisp, the shells are filled only when ordering. Large place with an endless amount of options, plenty of seating inside or out.
Top 3 cannoli in the city — probably ranked 1 or 2 You HAVE to try em. Get the minis.

1 star for good cannolis (not outstanding,) and ordinary red velvet cake. Service was really bad though.
As I came across the place first time, I ordered three pieces of cannolis at the counter to go and decided to have a slice of red velvet «for here». The waitress got so angry (for sure!) and literally yelled to me that I should made it clear in the first place whether I want it to go or for here. I explained that it’s my first time here and didn’t understand their rules. She said, «okay, then if you need it for here, sit down first.» Her attitude was so rude that I didn’t even want to stay. But then another waitress brought me a glass of water and spoke softly with me regarding the order.
And about the food. The red velvet I had there was pretty much mediocre. The cream cheese became hardened after being placed the whole day in the counter. The cannolis — I tasted them the second day — were good, though, not extraordinary. I had something better in Café Zucchero in SD and their service was wayyyy better.
Would neither recommend nor go back again.

They sell rolls here too. So I’m not sure why they missed the obvious naming opportunity: «Rocco & Rolls.» And the fella that owns it… he’s been running this place for his whole life. That’s why I call him the «Rocco Fella.» And there’s a tall building named after him nearby with a famous Xmas tree, you know. I just wish they were open 24 hours. Then they could be called «Rocco Round The Clock.»
What to get: Key Lime Pie
What else: Cannoli and Banana Cream Pie and everything
And what else: These are tough guys, hard as nails. And so am I. Right now. I’m hard as a Rocco.
I’d like to thank Kashif for sending me here. He’s a good man, is that Kashif. Good in bed, of course, but that goes without saying and I think most people know that by now already (from first hand experience). But for once I’m not talking about sex. Unless your kind of sex is the kind that you have while licking the filling out of a Key Lime Pie. And yes I do mean «filling» and yes I do mean «Key Lime.» It’s not a metaphor for anything. What would I use a metaphor for? I once used 4 metaphors and then wondered what I used four metaphors for. It was in the middle of a golf game, and my shot was just after I wondered what I used four metaphors for. Fore!
I came here for the first time in late 2014 after Kashif threatened to molest my entire family if I didn’t. They wouldn’t enjoy it as much as I did (okay they’d enjoy it more and that’s what bothers me, I’m a jealous little b**ch), so I had to go there to keep the sex god away from my grandmother and little brother and such.
They have a location in Philadelphia by the way. Right next to the statue on the famous steps. It’s owned by Rocco Balboa.
He was absolutely right. It is one of the most incredible bakeries I’ve ever been to. The girl I was with fell in love with the Cannolis, saying they were one of the bets 5 she’s ever had (and 2 of the other best 5 are in Brooklyn, by the way — Villabate Alba and Cannoli Plus). She shared them with me and I loved them. The Banana Cream Pie was really truly delicious too. But there was one thing that was so much better and so superior to everything else, that every time I’ve been back to NYC since, I’ve picked one up, if feasible. And that is:
The Key Lime Pie.
Oh and by the way, there’s a TV show filmed at this bakery, starring the guy from Poison… Bret Michaels… it’s called Rocco Love.
I can’t describe how good this thing is. It’s just… in… credible. The filling is perfection. Sweet, limey (lol, that’s what they call me sometimes), not too sour, not too syrupy. Perfect consistency. Perfect baked crust. Delicious. And oh, it’s a little expensive but it’s really large for a single serving pie, so you can easily split it with someone and have plenty. And you’re in the most trendy part of Manhattan so of course it’s going to be a little pricy. Absolutely amazing taste, though. So, so, so good. If you only try one baked good anywhere on the Island, I think you should try this Key Lime Pie.
And if you don’t mind, would you let a Limey put his Key in your Pie? Asking for a friend.
Oh, and the word on the street is that Unilocal is going to buy this place, and then have their Manhattan CM run it and use it as a bakery-​cum-​Yelp-​NYC-​HQ-​office. Ooh, I said cum in a review. Fun. But anyway. Yeah. So the Manhattan CM will be running it in future, most likely.
And it’ll be renamed Pasticceria Ruggy.*
*Ruggy is the name of the Manhattan CM, for the uninitiated and virginal.
So when you eat Key Lime Pie from Ruggy’s bakery, will that be also known as «Ruggy munching?»

Excellent: les meilleurs pancakes de mon séjour à un prix très correct. Et tout ça avec le sourire…

This is Italy (the sweet side of Italy) in New York. Very authentic and unbelievably good pastries and desserts. An absolute must!

Fantastische Cheesecakes in vielen Varianten! Aber auch die Fruchttörtchen sind unglaublich lecker. Der Kuchen kostet zwischen 2 und 7 Dollar das Stück. Im hinteren Bereich kann man sehr hübsch und hell unter einem Glasdach sitzen. Der Service ist leider nicht ganz so gut, wie der Kuchen.